In Orlov’s opinion, the professional athletes only speak the language of money.

The well-known sportscaster Gennady Orlov has commented upon the situation on the criminal case against an FC Zenit forward Aleksander Kokorin and an FC Krasnodar’s midfielder Pavel Mamaev.

In Orlov’s opinion, nowadays, most of the professional athletes only speak the language of money. That said, the footballers shall be punished by paying a fine.

“It’s all about money to current players. They only speak this language. And interestingly, this is not their fault. There are a professional sport and an organized football industry. Unfortunately, shaming won’t work in this case.” Sport-weekend quotes Orlov as saying.

He also calls the media and society for not whipping up tension around what happened and waits until the legal investigation is over. The sportscaster pointed out that we shall follow the law - not emotions - while choosing a measure of restraint as to Kokorin and Mamaev.

“Just act up to the law with no considering of the tension of the masses of people or on orders from high-ranking officials. It is up to the court to choose a measure of restraint.” Orlov stated.

Kokorin and Mamaev are accused of disorderly conduct. They face up to 7 years in prison. Both professional athletes, as well as Kokorin’s younger brother are in custody for 2 months on charges of participating in scuffles in the center of Moscow.